ERIC Number: EJ1405604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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EISSN: EISSN-2331-186X
Determine the Impact of Emotive Intelligent Spaces on Children's Behavioural and Cognitive Outcomes
Shiyi Chen; Minyoung Cerruti; Mona Ghandi; Ling-Ling Tsao; Rebecca Sermeno
Cogent Education, v10 n2 Article 2281850 2023
This study aims to investigate the impact of a novel environmental intervention--Emotive Intelligent Spaces (EIS) on young children's self-regulation and working memory using a single-subject reversal design (ABAB). EIS is a semi-private space with coloured lights that could adapt to each child's preferred colour based on the child's self-reported emotional state. A total of 29 three-to-seven-year-old participants completed the experiment from fall 2020 to summer 2021. Self-regulation was measured by the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task; working memory was measured by the Woodcock-Johnson Numbers Reversed subset. Children's age was controlled as a covariate. Descriptive statistics indicated that the group means of self-regulation scores were higher in the intervention conditions. However, the group means of working memory scores were lower in the intervention conditions. We conducted repeated measure ANCOVA for the main analysis, and results showed no statistically significant differences in children's self-regulation and working memory scores between baseline and intervention conditions. It is recommended that future studies should take the illuminance level into consideration of the intervention effect. Further, our study implies that avoiding visual overstimulation in the classroom (e.g. heavily decorated walls) may create an optimal level of visual arousal and promote focused attention.
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Child Behavior, Outcomes of Education, Self Management, Young Children, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Ability, Intervention, Visual Stimuli, Lighting
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Idaho; Washington
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability
Grant or Contract Numbers: U54GM104944